The Portland Police Department released this sketch July 13, 2012, in the attack on Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa. The Portland, Texas couple was found shot in the head on Saturday, June 23. In September 2016, David stood trial for the shooting. Theresa Garnero and Rosie Castillo embrace during a vigil. Teen lesbian couple found shot in Texas park, A Visual History of the Gay-Rights Movement, 13-Year-Old Girl Finds Porn On New Cell Phone, These Are North Koreas 28 State-Approved Hairstyles, Mountain Dews Dub the Dew Online Poll Goes Horribly Wrong. She was found the next day. The chief described the fathers preliminary actions in general terms. William Davis, who worked at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas, was convicted of capital murder on Oct. 19. About 50 people attended the event. Gerald "Jerry" Walter McFadden (March 21, 1948 October 14, 1999), known as The Animal, was an American serial killer and sex offender who was executed in 1999.[6]. First responders discovered Mollie Olgin and her girlfriend Mary Kristene Chapa. Olgin died from her wounds, but Chapa is currently recovering in a local hospital. Seven years after her girlfriend was killed and she was seriously injured in a brutal attack, Kristene Chapa spoke openly to "The View" about testifying against her attacker. Attorneys for convicted killer David Strickland are asking for a hearing along with records they hope will prove someone else was to blame for the 2012 double shooting in a Portland park. WebMollie Olgin was a 19-year-old woman murdered on June 22, 2012 in Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas after she and her girlfriend were attacked and shot. He is charged with capital murder, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the 2012 attack on Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa. "There are still a lot of things that that we cannot release but we're confident that we do have our person.". Despite having the sketches, Portland Police, who were investigating the case with help from the Texas Rangers, had no leads until earlier this month. IE 11 is not supported. The document also requestedthe results of DNA testing conducted ona pubic hair that was found onChapa's body. Elizabeth Valadez of Corpus Christi, Texas, writes a message on one of the posts Friday, June 29, 2012 as other friends and supporters write messages on a large sheet behind her during a vigil for teens Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa at Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas. While David Strickland was eventually convicted of the murder, evidence at the crime scene initially implicated Dylan Spellman. Courtesy of Bexar County Sheriff's Office. Police have not identified any suspects or announced any arrests. December 17, 2021 In June 2012, a young teenage couple was found shot in a park in Portland, Texas. The 2019 Portland crime rate fell by 29% compared to 2018. David Malcolm Strickland, 27, is facing charges of capital murder, aggravated assault with a weapon and aggravated sexual assault in the June 23, 2012, attack. 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The investigation is ongoing. And it wont bring Mollie back, she said. Jess and Jules Diliberto embrace during a vigil. His sentence will automatically be appealed. A crime scene investigator photographs evidence at the end of a sidewalk, June 23, 2012 at Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas, where Mollie Olgin, 19, and Mary Kristene Chapa, 18, were killed. A vigil will also be held in San Fransisco, a city well known for its support of gay rights. Sentenced to 15 years in prison in 1973 for two counts of rape. 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The suspected shooter allegedly forced the girls down a steep incline in the quiet bayside park, bound them and shot them in the head. "My family was there with me, and then my mom she was a big part of it," Kristene Chapa said. Authorities said last year they didnt believe the attack was a hate crime, but they hadnt established a motive. The following morning, a couple discovered the bodies of the two women in knee-high grass near a scenic lookout in the park, police said. He was arrested on 6 May, after a police report from a couple he had attacked by the lake on the day of the murder. Spellman had been staying with his father's best friend just down the street from the scene of the crime. Kristene Chapa, left, accompanied by her mother Grace Chapa, opened up about a 2012 attack in Texas that killed her girlfriend on "The View," Oct. 29, 2019. Eyewitnesses also placed Spellman at Violet Andrews Park both before and after the crime. I do miss it a lot and, like, even being able to pick up my niece and nephews. In June 2012, Mollie Olgin and her girlfriend, Mary Kristene Chapa, were bound, sexually assaulted and shot in the head at Violet Andrews Park in Portland before their bodies were found by bird watchers. There is still a lot to do in order to prepare the case for prosectuion". She believed the testing could help exonerate Strickland. The Portland Police Department released this sketch July 4, 2012, in the attack on Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa. Here's the latest. Wright said that police were operating on the assumption that the two girls were dating based on of information from family and friends. [8] In October 1999, he was executed in the Huntsville Unit by lethal injection. PORTLAND, Texas Portland police confirm a double-homicide suicide took place early Saturday morning. Marshals, Texas Rangers and the police officers from Portland, where the attack occurred, detained Strickland and his wife, Laura Kimberly, 23. I hope that it gives them some closure knowing that this person is taken off the street, Portland Police Chief Gary Giles said of the victims families and the community. The case garnered national attention and sparked outrage amongst the public, as homophobia initially was suspected to be a motivating factor in the crime. "He couldn't even look at me, which was disappointing, because I wanted him to see what he had done.". Dateline originally aired an episode on the case in 2017 after a San Patricio County Judge found David Strickland, a Portland, Texas, man, guilty of capital murder. They remained Tuesday in the San Patricio County Jail on no bond. The 2019 Portland crime rate fell by 29% compared to 2018. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. [12][13], On September 28, 2016, a San Patricio County jury found David Strickland guilty of capital murder and aggravated sexual assault. Ashlee Burns covers trending and breaking news in South Texas. PORTLAND, Texas Portland police confirm a double-homicide suicide took place early Saturday morning. ', Garza replied 'just come now'. This is still an active investigation. A Nov. 13 motion fromSan Patricio County prosecutors argue even if the hair came from the other man, "it does not exonerate" Strickland. [7] He was arrested two days later after the biggest fugitive hunt in Texas state history. WebPortland police solved a 40-year-old murder case by matching DNA found at the crime scene with data in a public genealogy site. Strickland had also inserted himself in the original investigation, talking to investigators and being seen at the crime scene just days after the shooting. The other man, from Nevada,admitted he was at the park that night and lived in the area at the time of the shooting. When a dispatcher asked 'what's going on there? Family, friends and supporters walk the trail Friday, June 29, 2012 along Violet Andrews Park as they head to the overlook where teens Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa were found shot last weekend in Portland, Texas. "Once we have a warrant, we start doing everything on our end to find the person as quickly as possible," Bozeman said. Its apparent in the investigation that once the suspect Mr. Garza made the call to the police department, he committed suicide in the bedroom where the wife and child had already been killed, Cory said. Strickland told investigators that Olgin and Chapa were rude to his wife, who was a server at Chili's, and he followed them back to the park where he shot them, but prosecutors believed Olgin and Chapa did not visit Chili's the night of the shooting. [9], Layton Police investigating the burglary had discovered evidence in Strickland's car including two guns, ammunition, a suppressor, gloves and a backpack containing condoms, flex handcuffs, bolt cutters, a knife and other items. The results, Strickland's lawyers argue,reveal it belonged to the other man. PORTLAND, Texas A husband, wife and their five-year-old son are dead after a murder suicide in the City of Portland, according to police. His wife faces charges of tampering with evidence. Ultimately, David Malcolm Strickland was arrested and later found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. At the time, David was accused of burglarizing his home, and the evidence collected was turned over to the Portland police. When police arrived, they found the front door open, and found a family of three, 5-year-old Eli Garza, 36-year-old Jennifer Phillips, and 52-year-old Roel Garza dead in the child's bedroom. About 100 people came out for the vigil to remember Olgin, who died June 23 at the park, and show their support for Chapa, who is in the hospital in stable condition. "We don't want that person to have knowledge of the warrant and be tipped off.". Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Chapa suffered tunnel vision and lost part of her mobility. San Patricio County prosecutors argued that even if the hair came from another man, it would not exonerate Strickland. The biological evidence then became a point of contention, seemingly highlighting his potential involvement in the crime. The Portland, Texas couple was found shot in the head on Saturday, June 23. [7], In January 2019, McFadden was linked by DNA via GEDmatch to the July 24, 1979 murder of Anna Marie Hlavka; Anna was found dead by her sister inside her apartment. WebPortland police solved a 40-year-old murder case by matching DNA found at the crime scene with data in a public genealogy site. In July 1987, he was sentenced to death for the murder of 18-year-old Suzanne Harrison, 20-year-old Gena Turner and 19-year-old Bryan Boone. People run under a giant rainbow flag after a vigil for Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, and Mary Kristene Chapa, 18, at Cal Anderson Park on Friday, June 29, 2012. The Layton man was tracked down, but he had a solid alibi for the night of the murder. Marshal Christopher Bozeman, a spokesman for the Marshals Service in San Antonio, said it took the team a little over two hours to find the Stricklands in an apartment in the 12000 block of Bandera Road in Helotes, about 25 miles northwest of San Antonio. Orr and prosecutors with the San Patricio County District Attorney's officecould not immediately be reached for comment. It was sufficient evidence for the jury, and, regardless of the veracity of this alleged DNA test results is still sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction," the motion states. The teenagers were shot execution-style and left for dead in a park in Portland, Texas. After two hours of being interviewed by Portland police and Texas Rangers, Strickland confessed. It was higher than in 44.6% U.S. cities. Committed the July 24, 1979, murder of Anna Marie Hlavka in. [8], Shortly before trial, George Koumbis, a local gun store owner and the husband of a defense witness, was murdered in his own store in an apparent robbery-gone-wrong. Portland police say they don't know the motive for the shooting Friday night, June 22, 2012, that killed 19-year-old Mollie Olgin and wounded 18-year-old Mary Kristene Chapa in Violet Andrews Park. Police said Hlavka had been sexually assaulted and strangled with the electric cord from her clock radio.[1]. Strickland's lawyers said his DNA was found on several items at the park, including cigarette butts and an energy drink can. DNA evidence was collected from the bodies at this time. Vigils for the women are also scheduled for Friday in Washington, D.C., and Portland, Texas, among other cities. A search of his belongings also revealed a letter similar to the one received by the Chapa family. Strickland was found guilty in the 2012 shooting at Portland Park that left 19-year-old Mollie Judith Olgin dead and her girlfriend Mary Kristene Chapa seriously injured. However, the authorities learned that he used to be friends with David before things fell apart. KRIS 6 News obtained the almost 20 second audio clip of the police call to Portland PD, but some of it was inaudible. But he could smile at my family and taunt them," she continued. The investigators worked the case, eventually arresting the culprit, David Strickland. Kristene Chapa, 19, in her bedroom at the Chapa residence on June 11, 2013 in Corpus Christi, Texas. 2023 TIME USA, LLC. Thats always something that were looking for, but as of this point, we have not been able to establish that that had anything to do with the attack, Wright said. December 17, 2021 In June 2012, a young teenage couple was found shot in a park in Portland, Texas. 5-year-old dead after double homicide-suicide in Portland. While Mollie Olgin died, her girlfriend, Mary Kristene Chapa, miraculously survived. [17] The complaints against Strickland's father and Taft Pharmacy were later dropped from the lawsuit. Carol got started in journalism while teaching English in Poland during martial law. Marshals and Texas Rangers in the San Antonio suburb of Helotes, local media reported. I want to have my independence back.". facing charges of capital murder, aggravated assault with a weapon and aggravated sexual assault in the June 23, 2012, attack, who tried to claw her way out of the thorny brush. WebAMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Police say a Texas mother has been charged with murder in the death of her 2-month-old baby, KFDA reports. Attorneys for convicted killer David Strickland are asking for a hearing along with records they hope will prove someone else was to blame for the 2012 double shooting in a Portland park. PORTLAND, Texas Portland police confirm a double-homicide suicide took place early Saturday morning. Portland, OR 97006 (503) 906-1249; Edward A. Ornelas/San Antonio Express-News, David Strickland, 27, was arrested June 20, 2014, in Helotes. Mary Kristene Chapa, 18, and her girlfriend, Mollie Olgin, 19, were shot in the head at Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas on June 22. WebAMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Police say a Texas mother has been charged with murder in the death of her 2-month-old baby, KFDA reports. He is facing charges of capital murder, aggravated assault with a weapon and aggravated sexual assault in the June 23, 2012, attack on Mollie Olgin, 19, who died in the shooting in Portland on the Corpus Christi Bay. People write messages of support on a banner during a vigil for Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, and Mary Kristene Chapa, 18, at Cal Anderson Park on Friday, June 29, 2012. Emailus. He is now appealing the conviction based on new DNA evidence that his attorneys claim prove he was wrongly convicted. Both women were stripped of their clothes and left for dead after being shot execution-style. Arrested in May 1986 for the rape and murder of 18-year-old high school cheerleader Suzanne Harrison and the murder of 20-year-old Gena Turner and 19-year old Bryan Boone who were shot. One girl is dead and another in serious condition after a mysterious shooting in a normally peaceful town. More: David Strickland's attorney: Impending DNA testing will clear him of Portland Park murder, Sign up to have news emailed to you daily, David Strickland's attorney: Impending DNA testing will clear him of Portland Park murder, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. See our subscription options and special offers at Caller.com/subscribe. 2023 www.caller.com. Members and supporters of the gay community held a vigil on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif., at the corner of Castro and Market Streets for Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa, two lesbian teens who were shot on Friday near Corpus Christi, Texas. It points out that a jury found "ample evidence" to convict Strickland. Thanks everyone for the texts, messages, and calls but my family and I are just kinda in shock and just shook up, Chapa wrote on Facebook after the arrest was made. The Portland, Texas couple was found shot in the head on Saturday, June 23. Photos of Mary Kristene Chapa (left) and her girlfriend Mollie Judith Olgin that were given to people attending a candle light vigil for the girls Friday June 29, 2012 at Woodlawn Lake. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. David Malcolm Strickland, 27, was arrested Friday by U.S. Portland, Oregons, homicide rate soared a staggering 1,900% in 2021, with 20 killings, compared with one during the first three months of 2020. Portland police say they don't know the motive for the shooting Friday night that killed 19-year-old Mollie Olgin and wounded 18-year-old Mary Kristene Chapa in Violet Andrews Park. Angela Weddle carries a sign during the Pride Bigger Than Texas Parade held Saturday June 30, 2012. I have panic attacks," Chapa said. [2], On June 23, 2012, birdwatchers at Violet Andrews Park called police after discovering two women's bodies lying below a viewing deck. Strickland's appealis still making it's way through the legal system. Convicted in 1979 of aggravated sexual assault for kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old woman at knifepoint. Sign up for breaking news alerts from NBC News. McFadden raped and strangled Harrison and dumped her body in a park about 25 miles (40km) from Lake Hawkins. His attorney, Cynthia Orr, told the Caller-Times that the type of DNA testing technology that would be conducted on a piece of pubic hair found on Chapa was not available during the time of Strickland's trial. David remains incarcerated at the William G. McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas. U.S. David Strickland was charged with capital murder, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault. [11] The charge was dismissed. We know fromMollies parents that they were close, he said. Photo: Portland Police Department, Laura Strickland, 23, was arrested June 20, 2014, in Helotes. The front door was open, according to the official version of events in the KIII report. Please keep us in your prayers.. 47 Two years after a brutal attack on a female couple near Corpus Christi made national headlines, a break in the case has resulted in two arrests. Later on, David even confessed to the crime, saying he attacked Mollie and Kristene because they were mean to his wife, who was a server at a restaurant. A friend said Chapa remembers the night of the shooting. Chapa was also sexually assaulted. This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 16:43. WebMollie Olgin was a 19-year-old woman murdered on June 22, 2012 in Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas after she and her girlfriend were attacked and shot. WebPortland police solved a 40-year-old murder case by matching DNA found at the crime scene with data in a public genealogy site. U.S. The following morning, a couple discovered the bodies of the two women in knee-high grass near a scenic lookout in the park, police said. While Mollie Olgin died, her girlfriend, Mary Kristene Chapa, miraculously survived. The teenagers were shot execution-style and left for dead in a park in Portland, Texas. On Jan. 31, police announced that Jerry Walter McFadden of Texas had killed Anna Marie Hlavka in Portland on Jan. 24, 1979. So, lets find out what happened to David then, shall we. A couple out bird watching the next morning found the girls Olgin had died but Chapa, who tried to claw her way out of the thorny brush, was alive. Dateline originally aired an episode on the case in 2017 after a San Patricio County Judge found David Strickland, a Portland, Texas, man, guilty of capital murder. David Malcolm Strickland, 27, was arrested Friday by U.S. According to police, around 1:30 a.m., a man called 911 and told officers he was distraught and to go to Escondido St. David Strickland was not the person who killed a 19-year-old in a Portland park, and new DNA evidence proves it, attorneys for Strickland say. Olgin died from her wounds, but Chapa is currently recovering in a local hospital. It was higher than in 44.6% U.S. cities. The following morning, a couple discovered the bodies of the two women in knee-high grass near a scenic lookout in the park, police said. Once investigators issued arrest warrants for the Stricklands, they asked the U.S. [16], In 2017, Kristene Chapa filed a lawsuit against David Strickland, his father Larry Joe Strickland, and Taft Pharmacy, the family business, seeking $500 million in damages. Chapa was 18 years old in June 2012 when she and her girlfriend Mollie Olgin were shot in the head execution-style at Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas. Strickland told investigators he composed the letter two weeks before his arrest and printed it out at a public library computer. [10], David Strickland and his wife Laura Strickland were arrested on June 20, 2014 and held at San Patricio County jail. David M. Strickland, 27, and his wife, Laura K. Strickland, 23, were arrested June 20 at their home in Helotes in the San Antonio area. Additionally, a firearms expert at the Texas Department of Public Safety testified that the bullet casing at the scene likely matched Strickland's handgun. In a Nov. 30 motion that was previously sealed, Strickland's attorney Cynthia Orr argues a different man whose DNA was found at thescene and on the surviving victimis actually responsible for the crime. But after a police press conference on Saturday announcing the arrest, she told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that though she felt safer: It will never take back the pain and hurt he did to our families. Portland Police Chief Randy Wright confirmed the identities of the two girls to local NBC affiliates and to MSNBC. Portland police have not provided details about how Strickland was linked to the case. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Portland, Oregons, homicide rate soared a staggering 1,900% in 2021, with 20 killings, compared with one during the first three months of 2020. It was written from the perspective of a hitman who claimed that someone from Layton, Utah, was responsible for the attacks and had wanted Kristene dead. The 2019 Portland crime rate fell by 29% compared to 2018. All rights reserved. McFadden was executed in Texas in October 1999 for the murders of three other women. Chapa was 18 years old in June 2012 when she and her girlfriend Mollie Olgin were shot in the head execution-style at Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas. Police were led to David Strickland in 2014 after Chapa's father received an anonymous letter containing information about the crime not released to the public. He is charged with capital murder, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault. Vigils were held across the county by the LGBT community, and some suspected the case could be a hate crime. [3], Police used GPS to discover that David Strickland's cell phone had been near the Chapa home when the letter had been hand-delivered. During her recovery, Chapa worked with police to help identify her shooter. Mollie Judith Olgin, 19, and her girlfriend Mary Kristene Chapa, 18, were found shot in the head last Saturday in a Portland, Tx park. A poster depicting Kristene Chapa and her girlfriend Mollie Judith Olgin, at the Chapa residence on June 11, 2013 in Corpus Christi, TX. "My body will never be 100% again. A new Dateline NBC episode that aired in Decembertook another look at the sexual assaultand shooting of two South Texas women nearly a decade ago. This evidence included .45-caliber firearms, handcuffs, ammunition, a lock pick kit, bolt cutters, and other suspicious items. Marshals and Texas Rangers in the San Antonio suburb of Helotes, local media reported. He called 911 on Saturday at about 1:30 a.m., but he did not reveal much, cops said, according to KIII-TV. 47 Two years after a brutal attack on a female couple near Corpus Christi made national headlines, a break in the case has resulted in two arrests. 47 Two years after a brutal attack on a female couple near Corpus Christi made national headlines, a break in the case has resulted in two arrests. Samantha Garrett, Olgins roommate, said that the couple had not received any threats or hateful remarks about their new relationship. The biological evidence then became a point of contention, seemingly highlighting his potential involvement in the crime. [emailprotected]. Members and supporters of the gay community held a vigil on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif., at the corner of Castro and Market Streets for Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa, two lesbian teens who were shot on Friday near Corpus Christi, Texas. As the investigation carried on, there was a break in the case in June 2014 when Kristenes father received an anonymous letter in the mail. Mary Kristene Chapa, 18, and her girlfriend, Mollie Olgin, 19, were shot in the head at Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas on June 22. Two young women believed to be in a romantic relationship were apparently shot by a mysterious assailant in Portland, Texas Friday night. Chief Wright said that although the events did seem more like measured attacks than a random action, they were not currently investigating the murder as a hate crime. "It's difficult for the citizens of this community, it's difficult on the officers of this department, It's difficult with everybody that was involved at the scene," said Portland PD Cheif Mark Cory. Olgin died and Chapa continues to recover after the two were shot June 23 at the park. It is one day before the two-year anniversary. Members and supporters of the gay community held a vigil on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif., at the corner of Castro and Market Streets for the two lesbian teens who were shot on Friday near Corpus Christi, Texas. He then sexually assaulted and shot them. See our subscription options and special offers at Caller.com/subscribe, After two hours of being interviewed by Portland police and Texas Rangers. McFadden was executed in Texas in October 1999 for the murders of three other women. The motion also states the evidence presented at trial is "insufficient to sustain Strickland's conviction. Portland police say they don't know the motive for the shooting Friday night, June 22, 2012, that killed 19-year-old Mollie Olgin and wounded 18-year-old Mary Kristene Chapa in Violet Andrews Park. "All my supporters; they've been there. Strickland was sentenced to life in prison without parole, but the new Dateline episode suggests new DNA evidence could prove someone else was to blame. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A friend said Chapa remembers the night of the shooting. Man and wife jailed in 2-year-old attack on female couple near Corpus Christi, Portland police still seek leads in teen couple shooting. In the last 5 years Portland has seen increasing violent crime and decreasing property crime. 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